Conferences and Meetings on Microscopy

FOM2020 in Osaka will be the continuation of a yearly conference series (since 1988) on the latest innovations and developments in mostly optical microscopy and their application in biology, medicine, and the material sciences.

theory and practice of 3D optical imaging, related 3D image processing, developments in resolution and imaging modalities, fluorescence labeling techniques

ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES (ACWA)

ACWA conferences are the premier destination for water industry professionals to learn and connect.

Light microscopy is the most widely used form of microscopy for life science research. The correct handling of the microscope and optimising image quality (e.g. contrast, resolution) as well as experimental design according to different applications are crucial to obtain the best results. This course will provide the participants with an overview about the basics of microscopy (light and optics, contrast techniques and imaging). The confocal part will include multicolor, 3D and time lapse imaging as well as spectral imaging, photobleaching (FRAP, FLIP, FLAP) and photoactivation techniques. Basic image analysis tools including measurement functions, colocalisation and spectral unmixing as well as 3D/4D image processing will be covered, both in theory and practice. The course will combine lectures with intense daily hands-on practices followed by discussions.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 378 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Basics of optics and microscopy, Contrast methods, Basics of digital imaging, Fluorescence microscopy, Hands-on sessions

European Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS)

The EMAS Regional Workshops are biennial events designed to provide postgraduate-level and research workers in materials science, material engineering and related subjects, with basic knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of microbeam analysis. The 2018 meeting will focus on the specific requirements of microbeam analysis as utilised by the Earth Science community. The meeting is organised in collaboration with the Mineralogical Society of GB and Ireland who presented the workshop “Microbeam Techniques in Geosciences” at Imperial College, London in 1998. Here we revisit the subject to look at the range of techniques now available and the technological advances made in the intervening two decades.

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) – Imaging and X-ray microanalysis, Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), Cathodoluminescence (CL), Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS), Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), NanoSIMS, Synchrotron-based microanalysis (XANES, XRF), Sample preparation and ion beam preparation including focussed ion beam (FIB), Raman spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR), Micro-computed tomography (MicroCT), Atom probe tomography (APT)

This practical course will cover advanced light microscopy techniques and participants will learn how to derive qualitative and quantitative insights on molecular mechanisms in cells and developing organisms. Invited guest researchers together with experts from the EMBL and microscopy professionals will foster an intense information flow with a balance of lectures and practical workshops. The focus of the course will be on the use of fluorescence microscopy to obtain quantitative information about protein dynamics in living samples.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 378 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Time-lapse microscopy, Confocal microscopy, Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM), Super resolution microscopy (PALM, STORM), Expansion microscopy, Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), Photoconversion, Photoactivation

Society for Ultrastructural Pathology

The Society for Ultrastructural Pathology is an international association of electron microscopists, formed in 1986. The academic objectives of the Society are accomplished at the Companion Meeting of the annual United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology meeting and at the biennial Ultrapath conferences. The Society fosters the application of electron microscopy in the diagnosis and research of human diseases.

European Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS)

The XVIIth International Conference on Electron Microscopy (EM’2020), organised jointly by Silesian University of Technology and the Polish Society for Microscopy (PTMi), will provide a platform for electron microscopists, crystallographers, materials scientists, and solid state physicists to discuss methods and techniques used in electron microscopy. The scope of the EM’2020 is to provide a broad overview of the recent achievements in electron microscopy in the three major areas of instruments, methods, and application. The conference programme will include plenary lectures, oral and poster presentations covering both the fundamental, theory, instrumentations and applied research.

Sample preparation techniques;• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM);• Advances in SEM and FIB;• Transmission electron microscopy (TEM);• HREM and novel techniques;• In situ microscopy;• Electron diffraction and crystallography;• Electron backscatter diffraction;

The National Research Council of Italy (CNR), the Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment (ENEA) will act as major endorsers of CIMTEC 2020 together with the World Academy of Ceramics (WAC), The International Ceramic Federat

CIMTEC 2020 - 15th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies - will be held in Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 15 to 23, 2020. It will feature the 15th International Ceramics Congress (June 15-19) and the 9th Forum on New Materials (June 20-23), each of them including a number of international Symposia and Conferences. As a major longstanding event for the international materials community in 2020 celebrating its 50th Birthday, CIMTEC will gather together a large and qualified audience of materials scientists, physicists, chemists and of experts of a wide range of the most demanding application engineering areas of modern materials, from the molecular and nanoscales to large complex integrated systems.

Condensed Matter Physics and Materials,    Metallurgy and Materials Science

This course offers the opportunity to acquire a portfolio of cutting edge EM methods; allowing the participants to integrate EM tools and readouts into the workflow of their own cell biological research projects. The course focuses on teaching the theoretical background and the latest practical developments in the field.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 378 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

State of the art fixation including cryo-methods, Correlative light and electron microscopy, Molecular mapping (immuno-EM), Three-dimensional EM imaging using tomography and serial imaging, Advanced quantitative image analysis

Analysis,    Molecular Biology

European Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS)

The Microanalysis Society welcomes you to the Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) 2020 Topical Conference, which will be held June 24 - 26th, 2020, at the University of Michigan. The biennial MAS EBSD topical conference brings together EBSD developers and users of all abilities, across the geosciences and materials sciences, for a three-day meeting.

National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC)

The 15th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy (XRM) 2020 will be hosted by the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) from July 19 to 24, 2020. A 6-day program will feature the invited and contributed oral presentations in plenary and parallel sessions, poster and exhibition sessions, and a tour to the recently opened 3-GeV facility, Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) at NSRRC.

X-rays, Synchrotron Radiation and Crystallography ,    Metrology and Instrumentation

Microscopy & Microanalysis 2020 - joint meeting of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA), the Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS), and the International Metallographic Society (IMS)

Microscopy Society of America

The European Microscopy Congress 2020 in Copenhagen is being hosted by SCANDEM, and organised by the Royal Microscopical Society under the auspices of the EMS and IFSM.

Cryo-EM combined with image processing is currently undergoing what has been referred to as a “resolution revolution”, making it one of the most powerful techniques to address this challenge. It also has unique capabilities to obtain structural information in situ within complex environments, and to deal with heterogeneous samples. The methods are complex and under constant development, so in depth, advanced training of users is essential to ensure future users can adapt new technologies to expand into new areas and solve new biological problems. This course provides the theoretical and practical training covering the full breadth of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) techniques in order develop novel image processing approaches.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 378 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Single particle reconstruction, Subtomogram averaging, Single particle helical reconstruction, Atomic model interpretation, EM databank

The International Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICEC-ICMC) is the Premier International Cryogenic Conference, held every two years and alternating between Asia and Europe.

This course will introduce participants to a new generation of a spatially resolved transcriptomics assay provided by 10x Genomics. Through the combination of state-of-the-art sequencing technology and high-resolution microscopy, 10x Genomics is enabling researchers to study gene expression of cells within their morphological context of an intact tissue section. Through both theoretical sessions, as well as extensive hands-on practical work, the participants will learn the entire workflow of sample preparation including cryosectioning of fresh-frozen tissue samples, optimisation of tissue fixation and permeabilisation, high-resolution microscopy and sequencing library preparation. Utilising the 10x Genomics Loupe Browser pipeline, the participants will also have hands-on training of spatial transcriptomics data analysis.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 378 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Molecular Biology,    Analysis

Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena

The last two decades have seen the advent of a variety of super-resolution imaging techniques that provide spatial resolution well below the diffraction limit, approaching virtually molecular detail. Their widespread application is currently transforming biological research enabling new and exciting views on the structural organisation of cells and the dynamics of biomolecular assemblies on different timescales. These revolutionary developments come with novel requirements for fluorescent probes, labelling techniques, and data interpretation strategies. Researchers from across the scientific spectrum are involved in designing improved tools and solving previously intractable problems using super-resolution techniques. We invite you to attend the ‘International Conference On Nanoscopy 2020’, which will uniquely and exclusively focus on super-resolution microscopy and its biological application. Held in Jena, Germany in the summer of 2020, it will bring together an international group of experts to discuss the latest advances and future directions in the field.

Conference Office;     Phone: [+49 (0)5204 9277463];     Email: info (at) exxilon-scientific.com

microscopy, fluorescence, super-resolution, nanoscopy, sted, storm, palm, sim, diffraction limit, Abbe, cell biology, life science, biophysics, deep learning

Biophysics, Medical Physics,    Biology

LEEM-PEEM is a biennial meeting reviewing the status of surface microscopies that employ low energy electrons. The meeting promotes and disseminates applications of surface microscopies such as LEEM, PEEM, SPLEEM, SPELEEM, XPEEM and related techniques to a broad audience of interested scientists. The workshop highlights the most recent scientific advances as well as instrumental developments. Topics will cover surfaces, thin films, organic films, surface chemistry, magnetism, time resolved methods, instrumental advances and novel applications of LEEM and PEEM to other subject areas.

The Optical Society (OSA)

Advances in optical microscopy are continually enhancing imaging performance and versatility. Examples include increasing depth penetration in scattering media, improving resolution beyond the diffraction limit, increasing speed, enhancing sensitivity and/or specificity, developing novel contrast mechanisms, addressing challenges related to intravital imaging, and more.

European Microbeam Analysis Society

International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies (IUMAS)

IUMAS was founded in 1994 to promote world-wide cooperation in all aspects of microbeam analysis through the organisation of an international congress on microbeam analysis every three to four years, and by participating in joint committee's with other scientific organisations in matters relevant to microbeam analysis which are better discussed on a world scale.

X-ray microanalysis | Advances in detectors | Cathodoluminescence | High-resolution microanalysis: STEM-EELS & -XEDS | EBSD | Atom probe microscopy | X-ray fluorescence & diffraction microanalysis | High-precision microanalysis: LA ICP-MS / SIMS Compositional imaging | FIB & related techniques | Correlative microscopy & microanalysis | Tomography | Low energy & advanced SEM techniques | Dynamic & in-situ EM | Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy | Microanalysis with synchrotron-based spectroscopy techniques

Microscopy & Microanalysis 2021 - joint meeting of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA), the Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS), and the International Metallographic Society (IMS)

ASEM - Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy

Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,    Electrical Engineering

The Optical Society (OSA)

Microscopy, Histopathology and Analytics provides a forum for presenting the latest research in tissue microscopy, automated analysis and machine-learning approaches, as well as laboratory-based analytics and fluidics, reagents and labels, along with challenges in translating such developments into the clinic. Topics central to this meeting are novel forms of microscopies, computational modeling and algorithms, novel contrast agents, clinical analytics and translation to applications. Example applications areas are clinical diagnostics, surgical and non-surgical therapy guidance, prognostic procedures, high throughput drug screening and biomarker evaluation.

Microscopy Society of America

Microscopy Society of America